We set off fairly early (not at crack of dawn you understand, but before breakfast...), to take a walk along Five-Mile Beach... the shallow bay which lies behind Seven-Mile Beach. We managed to time it a bit wrong as the tide was coming in and fairly high, so there wasn't much of the beach left to walk on, but it was lovely to be out in the fresh eucalypt and pine scented air. Today is gong to get hot again later, so we wanted to avoid the heat.As we arrived and parked the car, a White-Faced Heron (A recent inchie subject), flew off, we saw several Noisy Miners and Forest Ravens, but the area was fairly quiet of birds this morning.As we walked onto the beach a bevy of young half grown swans swam away from the shore, and there were a couple of other groups, heads down amongst the sea grass that abounds in this sheltered shallow bay.

Young Black Swans, a bit distant, grazing on the sea grass...

A large driftwood clump blocked our path, as the tide was in...

The sweet briny scent of the seaweed washing in on the tiny waves was delightfully evocative of so many other beach walks taken throughout the years...and a small striped cone shaped shell in the bottom right of the photo was gleaming like a tiny gem...

The beauty of small things...a tiny wave.

This old Sheoak had obviously been uprooted for many years, lying in the edge of the tide, most of it was driftwood bleached, but obviously some roots are still buried deep as this branch was still green and flowering...

Pig Face, (Carpobrotus), a succulent found in many sandy, arid areas in Tasmania and very useful for growing across dunes to help stabilize them, glowing in the morning sun...

Hare's Tail Grass, (Lagurus ovatus), growing beside the car park...I thought these grass heads were wonderful when I was a child and would carry home bunches for my (long suffering) mother to display in vases...I still like them, but left them to grow on in peace today ;)

Changes to the length of the runway at Hobart Airport will close Surf Road shortly as the work progresses...leaving it open would lead to inevitable disaster, as the height of international planes landing would ensure that taller vehicles would have been hit by the plane as they fly in low over the sand dunes...so probably best to close it! A new road has been carved though the pines alongside the airport, this was our first trip through that way...

Today's inchie at Every Inchie Monday is Peacock...I took the easy route once again...must stop this...a lovely coloured peacock feather image, with a very light brush over with Wink of Stella...the photo paper I used took the Wink and made very much of it indeed...although the light source alters the gleam quite a bit...but I went with it as peacocks are fairly rare here, a bit mythical and exotic, although there has always been Peacocks and hens at The Gorge, in Launceston, I used to feed them as a child Also at a few large country properties where I have seen them and heard their plaintive call...

Well, that is it for today's outing and walk...it was lovely to get out and about, even if we were a tad curtailed by the tide...

I love your peacock eye feather and the lustre whatever it is makes it doubly special. Very interesting photographs - looks absolutely lovely to walk there - lucky you with such superb scenery to hand and wonderful weather